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The philosophical epitaph of W.C. Esquire, for a memento mori on his tomb-stone ... Also, A brief of the golden calf (the worlds idol) ...

by: Cooper, William, fl. 1668-1688; Helvetius, Johann Friedrich, d. 1709. Vitulus aureus, quem mundus adorat & orat. English; Glauber, Johann Rudolf, 1604-1670. Novum lumen chimicum. English

Publication date: 1675

Topics: Alchemy, Alchemy, Chemistry

Publisher: London : Printed by T.R. and N.T. for William Cooper ...

Collection: gettyalchemy; getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Getty Research Institute

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

In contrast to the 1673 ed., the present ed. includes a 2nd and 3rd pt. to the Catalogue of chymical books, together with an errata list for the 1st pt. (p. [14], last sequence of pagination) and a general t.p. for all 3 pts. The imprint on this general t.p. reads: Collected by Will. Cooper, Bookseller ... London, Printed in the year 1675. See BM

Added engraved t.p. with 10 roundels containing symbols. Plates are chiefly textual, with a few symbolic images included

In Library's copy a 2nd impression of the plate before I7 serves as frontispiece

Each work has special t.p. and separate paging

A brief of the golden calf... and The golden ass well managed ... both translated from the Latin and shortened by W.C. (William Cooper)

Hogart, R. Alchemy

Wing

BM

Notes

No table of contents. Foxing. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text is impossible to capture. Irregular pagination. Misprinted and missing page numbers.